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Upanishads : " The Cream of Vedas"
Vedanta ( Veda +anta i.e; the end of Vedas ) as the literal meaning connotes comprises the philosophical portion of Vedas, called the Upanishads.
Of about 280 Upanishads unearthed so far, 108 have been accepted as authorised texts , and out of them have been commented upon by great Acharyas lika Sri Sankaracharya , Sri Ramanjacharya, Sri Madhavacharya and thus are classified as major.

The first quarter (pada) is Vaisvanara whose sphere of activity is the waking state, who is conscious of the external world of objects, who has seven limbs and ninteen mouths, and who enjoys the gross objects of the world.

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The Bharathiya is essintially a poet in his temperament and this trait is developed in him to a large extent probably because of the luxurious beauty of his country, the Gangetic plains.

Eventhough he may have detached himself everything, including even his very body, mind and intellect, when he is trying to express his transcendental experiences, he cannot keep away from this poetictrait in him.

Thus, we find that in the scriptures also the expressions are poetical and very metaphorical.

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The very language Samskritam easily lends to such a style and Rishi-s of ancient Bharatham made the best use of it; and the sishya-s who were reaching their feet, themselves the product of that period, could perhaps appriciate it more, only when the Absolute is discussed in the language of poetry!

In the passage under discussion also, apart from its philosophic expressiveness, there is a lot of poetry though it is all summarised into almost a mere "the seven limbs" in Mandukya Upanishad.

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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esah - this one;
sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all;
easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient;
esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower;
easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source;
sarvasya - of all;
prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution;
hi - verily;
bhutanam - of all beings.
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The sum of Mantram : -
"This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all.
And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves."
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